Edgar Wright Quotes
When we made 'Shaun of the Dead,' it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.
Quotes to Explore
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'
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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's hard to create with an anonymous, all-seeing narrator.
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I definitely want to do films. To see a character out from beginning to end in a matter of a hundred somewhat pages and then move on to the next role, is fascinating.
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When we made 'Shaun of the Dead,' it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.
